Overpass Designs

[roadman65]

Orlando has a bunch:
Conroy (welcome bridge):
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.4928857,-81.4335305,3a,75y,29.26h,88.68t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sRfHujc_0WAAv3wV6KRpQHQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

Anderson
https://www.google.com/maps/@28.5365671,-81.382829,3a,75y,199h,90t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sKpm8nr-cFHJj9XFNUWe4ZQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

https://www.google.com/maps/@28.5382282,-81.3319517,3a,75y,57.74h,80.9t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1si22hAX7sL9rHJc6pk7IBkg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656!6m1!1e1

the i4 ultimate project is redoing a bunch of bridges that are supposed to be artistic as well. most of the columns of new bridges in the past few years have been decorative at least

That Conroy Road overpass is not that attractive as those spires on it are as ugly as a cactus.  In fact some cactus is much prettier.

We have blind idiots working here in Orlando as we have matching traffic lights on nearby OBT that go well with the aesthetics of these.

I am sorry, but those spires, even though the official trademark of the Millenia Development that is within, are not needed on a bridge.  The Orlando, is fine, and so are the fancy bridge piers, but those spires are a POS.

[SteveG1988]

I like the southern and indiana style arched girder. it's differnet to me since i grew up with NJDOT standard girder.

[Thing 342]

Some of the new DDIs along I-85 northeast of Atlanta have some interesting designs:
@ GA-140 / Jimmy Carter Blvd: https://goo.gl/maps/s95ZZ5MctRs
@ Pleasant Hill Rd: https://goo.gl/maps/VmypBmeZ4RM2

Decorative fence along the bridge for New Haven Rd over I-74 in Harrison, OH: https://goo.gl/maps/5GA4feAFCBD2

[cappicard]

I like the Lone Elm Road overpass over I-35 (just south of Olathe).

https://goo.gl/maps/AzR739UdojQ2

[jakeroot]

From WSDOT (WA-520 @ Bellevue Way)...is this supposed to be artistic, or is this fairly normal?

[formulanone]

Some of the overpasses have design elements unique to their exits along I-94 in Milwaukee. A nice touch.

[Super Mateo]

Not a particularly unique design for the structure, but points for the street name:

I-64 west of St Louis. Most of the overpasses have these signs.

On Lindburgh (US 61/67), the street goes under I-64/US 40. I like this one because the traffic signals are affixed to it.

[roadman65]

I like the southern and indiana style arched girder. it's differnet to me since i grew up with NJDOT standard girder.

Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky all use those arched girders too.
I believe I saw them on I-35 in OK, but I have to check to see if they are the exact same or another type of arched design.

Also, I would like to mention the consistency of the NJ Turnpike overpasses. Only the Garden State Parkway, NJ 133, and NJ 42 have something different due to them being added to the system after the initial freeway was built.

I do give NJDOT credit for making the original overpasses for I-195 over NJT  built several years after the Turnpike was constructed, to match the other of the Turnpike overpasses in design.

[BamaZeus]

I'm not going to link each individual bridge, but the Merritt Parkway has a series of unique art-deco style bridges for each of its 70 or so overpasses.

This Wiki link has links within to pics of each overpass
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_of_the_Merritt_Parkway

[kennyshark]

I just posted something along these lines on the Ontario Highways thread under Canada.  I was on Highway 400 between Toronto and Barrie for the first time last weekend.  I liked how old-school most of the overpasses look (so old-school and arched that trucks have to drive in the center lane), but also how the Ontario provincial logo was carved into them.  No other 400-series freeway that I've traveled in Ontario has these (401 from Windsor to Toronto, 402, 403, 405, 406, QEW).

[kkt]

On Lindburgh (US 61/67), the street goes under I-64/US 40. I like this one because the traffic signals are affixed to it.

That's a neat one!

I'm not going to link each individual bridge, but the Merritt Parkway has a series of unique art-deco style bridges for each of its 70 or so overpasses.

A classic design.

[roadman65]

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Flushing,+Queens,+NY/@40.757906,-73.852369,3a,66.8y,337.56h,90.42t/data=!3m4!1e1!3m2!1smTMkI3RY1s7-U2SsWJ-2iQ!2e0!4m2!3m1!1s0x89c260054dc0633f:0xfaec24d1b474281e

This one here on the Grand Central Parkway near La Guardia Airport where the flyover ramp above the stone arch bridge at Northern Boulevard is interesting how they made the piers sort of match the bridge beneath it using also stone on them.  Usually on many NYC parkways they build a modern bridge adjacent to the the old stone arch crossings making things look a little strange, but here they thought something about that.

[luokou]

River St. Overpass near The Dalles, OR.

23 Ave Overpass heading south on Calgary Trail (Hwy 2) in Edmonton.

It's not on the overpass structure itself, but there is some nifty art on the wall of the 7th St. Ramp (CA-22) exiting off I-405 North.

[cappicard]

Not a particularly unique design for the structure, but points for the street name:

I-64 west of St Louis. Most of the overpasses have these signs.

On Lindburgh (US 61/67), the street goes under I-64/US 40. I like this one because the traffic signals are affixed to it.

Kind of looks like as if it belongs at an airport. Very cool nonetheless.


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[noelbotevera]

...are a waste of money.

[jakeroot]

...are a waste of money.

Cost/benefit analysis can sometimes fall in favor of artistic treatments, particularly in areas of wealth. If you're going to blow through someone's house with a freeway, you better make sure that whatever the hell replaces that house is at least decent to look at. A structurally-basic overpass is not exactly a sight for sore eyes.

[Mr_Northside]

I'd also have to think that they've found way to make the extra aesthetics not that much more expensive.  I know it feels like I've seen more "fancier" overpasses being built lately than before (the PTC has been doing so for a while now).